DISTURBING SPACE: UN-PREDICTABLE STRUCTURE
The way you read an space has a strong relation
to the way the structure expresses itself.
Disturbing space comes from the idea of hiding the
way that big and heavy volumes holds in the air.
First unpredictable: this structure is not cantilevered,
but supported on the facades.
Second: long span is not a problem with 4m tall beams,
but 20x20m flat roofs and floor yes they are.
Third:facade mesh express non-ordered scheme
Fourth: top storey steel beams lines.
structural engineers: NB35 - Alejandro Bernabeu
software: SAP2000 + CYPECAD
max. size. elements 25cms
matrix rigid method
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built-in---supported structural scheme of the big concrete beams, with interior core managing 3/4 parts of the tensión-weight |
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UN- predictable sistems: Facade mesh has to support horizontal tensions, and the lines are displayed through the whole volume to avoid a direct read of structural triangle elements, hiding the way it works and emphasizing the idea of continuity around the space. |
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 UN- predictable sistems: roof steel beams are designed on a double scheme that allows the air ducts to move freely in the upper plan. Algorithm of the lines modifys the flux of loads. |